Description
Sweet summer nights come alive with homemade Strawberry Syrup, blending ripe berries and delicate sugar into liquid sunshine. Drizzle this luscious crimson elixir over pancakes, cocktails, or desserts to elevate ordinary moments into delightful culinary experiences you’ll savor.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 4 cups fresh strawberries, hulled and halved
Sweeteners:
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Flavor Enhancers:
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine fresh strawberries, granulated sugar, and water in a spacious cooking vessel, ensuring thorough mixing of ingredients.
- Heat the mixture over medium-high temperature until it reaches a robust, bubbling state.
- Reduce flame to medium-low, allowing the contents to gently simmer for approximately 15-20 minutes, periodically stirring to prevent sticking.
- Crush strawberries using a potato masher or spoon’s backside, encouraging maximum juice extraction and flavor development.
- Remove from heat and carefully filter the liquid through a fine-mesh strainer into a pristine container, applying gentle pressure to extract every possible drop of syrup.
- Enhance the syrup’s complexity by incorporating fresh lemon juice and optional vanilla extract, stirring to integrate flavors.
- Allow the syrup to naturally cool to ambient temperature before transferring into a sterilized glass container.
- Refrigerate the prepared syrup, which maintains optimal quality for up to two weeks.
Notes
- Choose ripe, sweet strawberries for the most vibrant and intense flavor profile.
- Avoid over-mashing the strawberries to prevent a cloudy syrup; gentle pressing releases just enough juice.
- Adjust sugar quantity based on strawberry sweetness to control overall syrup intensity.
- For a sugar-free version, substitute sugar with honey or a low-calorie sweetener like stevia.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Juices
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 96 kcal
- Sugar: 22 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 25 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 0.4 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg